India in 24 hours

Two horses graze in a snow-covered field after a brief snowfall on the outskirts of Srinagar. Traffic on the 300 kilometers (188 miles) long Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended due to heavy snowfall according to news reports – AP

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Kathak dancer Pt Birju Maharaj performing with Tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain at the Music Summit with World Masters in Mumbai on Thursday – PTI

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi is garlanded at an election rally at Kalol near Ahmedabad – PTI

Kashmiri Muslim rides a shikara boat in Dal lake during a rain in Srinagar. Most parts of the Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar, received fresh snowfall, however, the snowfall has led to closure of the 294-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the only road link between Kashmir and rest of the country. - AFP

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Firefighters spray water as they try to douse a fire at an electrical market in New Delhi- PTI

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A man walks in a snow covered parking lot after a heavy snowfall in Shimla on Friday.

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West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan with Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Arun Kumar Mishra after the latter's swearing-in ceremony in Kolkata-PTI